Cash-carrier apparatus



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D. LIPPY.

BASH CARRIER APPARATUS.

No. 359,875. Patented MELT. 22, 1887.

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CASH CARRIER APPARATUS.

No. 859,875. Ptented Mar. 22, 1887.

ATTORNEY iINITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

DAVID LIPPY, OF MANSFIELD, OI-IIO.

CASH-CARRIER APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,875, dated March 22, 1887.

Application filed March 15, 1886. Serial No. 195,326. (No modcl.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAVID LIPPY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oasl1-Carrier Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to cash and parcel carriers for store-service, the object in view being to transmit cash and other articles from one station to another quickly and with the least possible noise, and also to provide suitable stations for receiving and sending the cars; and the invention consists in certain features of construction, hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a car or carrier and astation, inside elevation, constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the station, the car being in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a vertical .section of the depending support, illustrating the means of connecting the track or cable therewith. Fig. 4 is a perspective of a series of stations, illustrating the means employed for adjusting and supporting the same. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the entire system. Figs. 6 and 7 are details, hereinafter described. Fig. 8 is a central vertical section of the roller supporting bracket.

Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring more particularly to Sheet 1 of the drawings, A rep resents a depending cylindrical hollow standard, which in this instance is secured to the ceiling of a compartment by means of an ordinary securing-plate, and is slotted and perforated, as at A, at a desired point for the passage therethrough of the cable or track B, said slot or perforation registering with a perforation, A, in a collar, A, mounted upon said standard, which collar is provided with a set-screw, A", passing through aper turcs formed in the collar and standard, and adapted to bear upon a bifurcated clamp, A (see Fi 3,) inclosed Within the hollow standard, said clamp being adapted to grip the ca ble B. The ends of the cable are connected with the walls of the compartment by suitable securing devices, between which and the standard are arranged ordinary turnbuckles, C.

By the means just described it is apparent that the front end of the horizontal arm may be adjusted to a desired position below the cable, for a purpose hereinafter specified, and that by loosening the clamp A any slack may be taken up by the turnbuckle C.

D represents a wedge shaped arm into which the bottom of the standard is swiveled, and which is secured in position by means of asetscrew, D". Extending from the rear end of the arniD to the standard A is a brace-rod, D, the object ot' which is to prevent horizon tal displacement of said arm when once ad justed with relation to the standard.

The brace-rods D may be soldered or otherwise rigidly secured to the standard and arm D; or they may be adjusiably secured, as are the rods D and D. (See Fig. 5.)

Extending from the arm D, at a point in line with the standard and to the wall of the compartment, is a guy rod, D, which passes through and is rigidly secured to a block, D, perforated for the passage and adapted to slide upon a second stay or red, D extending from the extreme end of said arm. The object of this is to provide means for adjusting and maintaining the tapered or wedge-shaped arm Dina directline with the track or cable, the op eration of adj usting being simply to loosen the bindingscrew D adj net the rod in the desired direction, the stay D sliding within the block D, and secure the arm in that position by tightening the screw D thus preventing any lateral displacement; or, as shown at the right of Fig. 5, the block may slide upon the rod D*.

In Fig. at I have illustrated means for adjusting the arms D, Where they are in a gang or connected series, which is the case in the cash-room, each arm being for a cable or track leading to a different station of the store or compartment. For the purpose of preventing any vertical displacement, I connect each of the hangers or standards in a gang or series by means of a connecting rod or stay, D, and I may or may not, as desired, connect the arms D rigidly to the hangers or standards A. In order to provide for a lateral adjustment of the arms D, Ipass an adjusting-rod, D",through apertures formed transversely in the arms,

and provide each of said arms with a bindingscrew, D whereby a lateral adjustment is obtained, as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 4, the standard, when rigidly secured to the arm D, being adapted to rotate in the standardplate secured to the ceiling.

Having described the means employed for formed thereon at each end a pair of vertical ears or lugs, E, which are vertically slotted or bifurcated to form bearings E for the axle E of the'grooved rollers F. These axles are in fact screws provided with pointedor coneshaped ends adapted to fit corresponding depressions in the sides of the rollers F.

To tighten or loosen the rollers, it is only necessary to give the screws a turn in either direction, thus decreasing or increasing the tension on said rollers.

I have provided means for adjusting th carriage at a suitable distance below the track by reason of the bifurcations E in the lugs E, in that it is plainthat the rollers and axles may be raised or lowered in said bifurcations and secured at a desired point therein by tightening the bindingscrew E, which binds the bifurcations of said lugs firmly against the axle of the bearings, The screw E may serve to compress the bearings against the screw E to maintain it in a desired adjustment in relation to the grooved roller.

Now comes an important feature of my invention; and it consistsin the manner of gradir ally and noiselessly stopping the car as it reaches a station. Depending from the platform E of the car at the center, or it may be, as shown, at each end, and it may be formed as a part thereof, is a rectangular bracket, G, adapted to receive a pair of rollers, G, vertically supported therein, which are set at a distance apart slightly less than the largest portion of the arm D, which they are intended to embrace.

For a purpose hereinafter specified, I form the rollers of rubber of medium elasticity.

Theplatform E is provided at each side and at its middle with laterally-projecting lugs or arms H, from which depend suitable hangers, H, secured to the lower ends of which is a flanged head, H forming a receiver forthe carrier proper, or receptacle II, which is pro vided with diametrically-opposite bayonetslots H", adapted to receive a bar, H passing transversely through the interior of the re-. ceiver or flanged head H By giving the cup or receptacle H an upward thrust into the flange of the head and a turn to the left it will, by the before-described means, be held in a locked position, and by reversing said op eration the same may be withdrawn. (See Figs. 1 to 7.) By putting the rod II into the cup H, instead of in the cashrcceptacle H",

no unsightly bayonetslots are exposed to view.

At each end of the platform E, and on top thereof, I mount a cushion or muffler, E, between which and the grooved rollers the track or cable runs, its purpose being to prevent any noise occasioned by reason of the platform coming in contact with the cable when a sudden impetns is giventhe carriage.

It has been suggested that rubber rollers might be employed for m ovably supporting the carriage upon the wire, whereby thenoise of the carriage when traveling along the wire would be obviated; but as said rollers sustain the weight of the carriage and its lead they soon become worn, whereas mymuffler does. not necessarily press against the wire with sufficient force to materially injure the same, and yet it acts to deaden the noise.

It now becomes necessary to provide means for imparting motion to the carriage.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 6 of the drawings, I represents a roller which depends from the under surface of'the arm D, near its rear end, said roller being similar 1 to those mounted upon thecar, the bearingl being preferably the same, so as to overcome as much friction as possible. The forward portion of the armD is recessed, as at I, and provided with a pulley, I.

K represents a movable block or starter, upon the top of which I mount a plate, K, which may be longitudinally apertured,.as at K", for the purpose of workingupon the track or cable B, which may pass through the same. (See Fig. 6.) Connected to the front portion of the starter K is a rope, cord, or chain, L, which passes forward along the topof the arm D, as shown by the arrows, over the pulley I and rearward under the arm and over the pulley or roller I, extending down a convenient distance, where it is provided with an opcrating-handle, L. It will now be seen that, taking the car in the position, shown in Fig.

1ready for starting a sudden jerk upon the it to travel to the opposite station. Although i the motion imparted is sudden, still, by rea-: son of the cord L passing over the pulley I", the starter will traverse nearly the entire length of the arm, thus imparting a pushing steady motion, the impetus beingsuflicient to carry the car to the opposite station. I pre- I fer to form the starter K of rubber, or at least that portion thereof that comes in contact with the end of the car,in order to deaden the noise.

Now, for the purpose ofinsuriug a stea-di ness of the starter K, I may provide the arm D upon its top with a longitudinal groovein this instance a dovetail-groove, li -and so form the bottom of the starter that it will conform to and freely slide within the same, as shown in Fig. 6.

Instead of passing the track or cable th rough the aperture K of the plate K of the starter,

I may simply slot the plate longitudinally, as at K, on the right of Fig. 5, and in this manner the cable will form a top guide, and thus the starter will be guided by the cable and permit of vertical adjustment of the front end of the arm independently of the cable.

As previously stated, the arm D is tapered or wedgc'shaped, the taper beginning at about the point where the standard A is connected with said arm. The object of this arm is to form a station for receiving and gradually stopping the carriage after it has been sent from an oppositestation. The distance apart of the rollers G is slightly less than the Widest portion of the tapered arm D, and, as before stated, they are made of rubber. Now, when a car traversing from one station to another reaches a point on the cable where the gradually-enlarged arm D is sufficient to come in contact with the rollers G, said car will be caused to gradually stop, the elasticity of the rollers G being sufficient to cause a gradual even stoppage with little or no jar, and the car will be thus wedged in position, as shown in Fig. 2. The cash-receptacle can now be opened and its contents removed, and the can rier is now ready to transmit cash or other articles to the opposite station, where the gradual insertion of the wedge-shaped arm D between the rubber rollers at the opposite end of the car will cause a gradual and at the same time noiseless stoppage of the car at that point.

It will be seen that the device as a whole is exceedingly simple in operation and noiseless, thus doing away with the disagreeable constant clatter usually occasioned; and by reason of the anti-friction rollers a minimum force will be sufficient to cause its traversing the entire route.

The advantages of adjustability of all parts will also be readily seen, in that the carriage may be raised or lowered a snfficient distance from the arm D by means of its adjustable rollers, and that the arm D may be adjusted either laterally or vertically to insure its entrance exactly between the roller G, in order that an even pressure may be secured in stopping the carriage, and by reason of this gradual noiseless stoppage no rebound whatever is occasioned.

It is also apparent, by referring to Fig. 5, that the impetus of the carriage will be sufii= cient to carry the starter K of the receivingstation back to its proper position, so that all that is necessary to be done is to give the handle La pull, and the carriage, with its cash or other article, will be quickly and noiselessly transferred over the cable B to the opposite station. By making the arm or station wedgeshaped horizontally the stoppage of the carriage thereby does not tend to throw parcels upwardly and out of any open receptacle, as would be the case were the arm wedge-shaped vertically; and ,furthermore, there is less strain on the cable when stopping a swift-running and heavily-laden car.

Having thus fully described my invention and its operation, what I claim is 1. In a cash-carrier, the combination of a horizontally wedge-shaped station,a cabl e, and acarriage adapted to embrace the sides of the station, substantially as specified.

2. In a cash-carrier, the combination of a horizontally wedge-sh aped station,a cable, and a carriage provided with elastic devices arranged to embrace the station, substantially as specified.

3. In a cash-carrier, the combination of an adj ustably supported horizontally wedgeshaped station, a cable, a carriage mounted thereon and provided with station-embracing devices, and adjusting devices for regulating the relative position of the station with the cable and carriage, substantially as specified.

4. In a cash-carrier, a supporting-standard having a horizontally wedge-shaped adjustable arm mounted thereon, and devices for laterally and vertically adj usting said arm,substantiall y as specified.

5. In a cash-carrier, a station comprising a standard, a horizontally wedge-shaped arm adjustably secured thereto, and adjustable guys, whereby said arm may be laterally adjusted, substantially as specified.

6. In a cash-carrier, the combination of a supporting-standard provided with a receiving-arm,with a carriage adapted to be received by said arm, and a starter provided with acord or chain extending under said carriage and over and under saidarm,whereby apullupon the same will give motion to the carriage,substantiall y as specified.

7. The combination,with astandard having a projecting grooved arm mounted thereon, of a starter adapted to slide in said groove and connected to a suitable operating cord and handle, and a carriage adapted to be received by said arm, substantially as specified.

8. In a cash-carrier', a hollow standard or support having an elongated slot to receive thecable thereof, and provided with a collar having an aperture adapted to register with said slot, whereby the cable may be adjusted to different elevations in said standard, sub stantiall y as specified.

9. In a cash-carrier, a hollow standard slotted and provided with internal clamping-jaws and means for clamping said jaws, in combination with a cable adapted to pass within and through the slot in the standard, substantially as specified.

10. In a caslrcarrier, and in combination with a supportingstandard,the wedge-shaped" arm 1), slotted, as at I and provided with the rollers I 1 the starter K, and cord L, arranged to pass over said rollers, substantially as specified.

11. In combination with the cable B, the cord L, the arm D, and the starter K, pro vided with the plate K, adapted to embrace said cable, substantially as specified.

12. The combination, with a cable and a brace said tarm,and tolbe stopped thereby, substantially as specified. m In testimony whereof I affix my signature in:

presence of two witnesses.

DAVID LIPPY. 

